Disney’s Artemis Fowl – Teaser Trailer

Directed by Kenneth Branagh and based on the beloved book by Eoin Colfer, ARTEMIS FOWL follows 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl, a descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds, as he finds himself in a battle of strength and cunning against a powerful, hidden race of fairies who may be behind his father’s disappearance.

The film stars Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Tamara Smart, Nonzo Anozie, with Josh Gad, and Judi Dench. Judy Hofflund and Kenneth Branagh are producing with Angus More Gordon and Matthew Jenkins serving as executive producers. The screenplay is by Conor McPherson.

+The Mailman Man, they made some bad movies, but Disney is far from the decay. Just remember the big success in 2016 for Zootopia and Moana, and in 2017 for Beauty & the Beast (remake) and Coco. And in 2018 for Incredibles 2 and now Ralph 2 (which is now the second best thanksgiving opening just before Frozen).

Everyone, give the kid a break, this is his first ever film, if Disney picked him out of million of actors that have already had a film they must see something in him and want to give him a chance. So you should too.

I really do have hope for this movie, there are a few things that bug me, though:

The actor, who plays Holly is 15 years old. I don’t see her portraying a strong police-woman yet.

Artemis seems a little too much like an actual kid. Remember, he’s supposed to be more adult than
most adults and also more of thinker than an adventurer.

Black butler and female Captain Root is fine with me and I think the actors can do a great job. I don’t
like the general trend of changing source material for cultural diversity, though. In my opinion, it can
distract from the story, like it would have with black Ciri in the new Witcher series.

Still, I’m going open minded into this one. I wanted a movie about Artemis for years, and I think disney can
really establish a good franchise here!

@Korrarity
I think what big studios are not quiet getting yet, is that casting should be based on emersion and nailing
certain character traits. The best actor for a role is the one who embodies the character of the book. In Roots case,
that would be being impulsive, disciplined, father like for Holly and maybe even addicted to fungus-cigars. It’s not
impossible for a woman to be that, especially not for Judy Dench, but it certainly is very hard.

The other option is to change the character. E.g. making Root more like M. from the Bond-movies and making her
a rather cold mother figure. I’m not a fan of that. If that’s what you want as a screenwriter, then be original and don’t
base it on source material.

As with all movies though, if it’s well executed, everything can work. I’m still excited for 2019.

They probably want to set up the love interest between Artemis and Holly without it being creepy or something. Even though they had no problem with George Clooney being in love with a 12 year old girl in TomorrowLand. Obviously they aren’t planning any sequels because it wouldn’t make sense for her to age when she’s supposed to be what, 90 years old?

I hope they learned from movies like Harry Potter and Enders Game. One was a massive success and the other a massive failure. Why? One stuck to the books(for the most part) and the other completely butchered the storyline.

Virtually impossible to tease that movie without major spoilers. Most of the cast will be resurrected and we don’t know how yet, so featuring any one of them would be confusing. I hope they get creative with the trailers. (Personally i dont watch any trailers of movies I 100% will be watching, anyway)